Partners for a Healthy City: A Sneak Peek at UT Austin’s New Medical School »

26 Jan, 2015

A rendering of the new administration building and courtyard. All images provided. Something big is happening right off of Interstate 35, just north of downtown Austin. In November 2012, Travis County paved the way for the development of a university medical school by voting to raise property tax revenue to support…

Curing Healthcare with Tough Love: TheHumanAPI »

8 Dec, 2014

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Michael DePalma and Richie Etwaru, founders of TheHumanAPI. Photo provided. Necessity is the mother of all inventions, and two life-sciences mavens believe that a prevention-based model is the ultimate cure for today’s disarrayed healthcare system. Michael DePalma and Richie Etwaru, the founders of TheHumanAPI, want to foster paradigm shift by instilling…

Disruptive Innovation: Life After Clayton Christensen’s ‘Innovator’s Prescription’ »

4 Nov, 2014

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Clayton Christensen pioneered the idea of disruptive innovation. Photo via Vistage. When it went to print in 2008, “The Innovator’s Prescription: A Disruptive Solution for Health Care” set off a chain reaction, influencing the way we think about healthcare by explaining why our system is organized the way it is and what…